[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2483 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 2483

  To provide for the eligibility of small business concerns owned and 
controlled by women for assistance under the mentor-protege program of 
                       the Department of Defense.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 27, 2000

 Ms. Snowe (for herself and Mr. Warner) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the eligibility of small business concerns owned and 
controlled by women for assistance under the mentor-protege program of 
                       the Department of Defense.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND CONTROLLED 
              BY WOMEN FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER THE MENTOR-PROTEGE PROGRAM.

    Section 831(m)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (C);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) a small business concern owned and controlled 
                by women, as defined in section 8(d)(3)(D) of the Small 
                Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)(D)).''.
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